[background sounds] neil: one month in, and israeli troops continue heading in, now encircling gaza city, home base to hamas, as the war with expands to close-up urban combat. at this are hour, a three-hour window announced by the israeli military for evacuees to flee along a main highway in the gaza strip. it was just closed. we re going to talk to a u.s. citizen who who escaped the war zone with her husband and five kids. terrifying, the say the least, but alive. also at this hour, secretary antony blinken in jordan meeting with arab leaders. they want a ceasefire while the u.s. wants a humanitarian pause. israel wants hostages freed before considering either. and are we any closer right now to ultimately seeing something, anything constructive happening? i ll ask israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s top adviser and former u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo. and get ready, protest are everywhere again from iran s capital to england s capital, to a massive pro-fall s
two critical senate hearings are happening now on capitol hill. first up mayokas and f.b.i. director christopher wray are testifying on the threats to america that are now growing. open border will do that. they are pointing to an explosion of anti-semitism we re seeing as well since hamas terrorists tortured, raped, killed, israeli citizens on october 7th. the second hearing defense secretary austin and secretary of state antony blinken also facing questions today for their part on america s response so far to the 25 attacks on u.s. military men and women serving in the middle east. and testimony was just getting underway at that hearing when police had to remove disruptive protestors from the gallery. first it was a woman, just one, and then it was a crowd. stop funding this brutal massacre. israel s genocide is a terrible thing. pray for the children of gaza. cease-fire now. harris: they held up their hands covered in what we assume is fake blood, paint, somethin
using civilians as human shields. they re hiding behind and among civilians. they re putting rockets and other terrorist infrastructure in civilian areas. that creates an added burden for the israeli defense forces, but it does not lessen their responsible to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians and to protect the lives of innocent civilians as they conduct this military operation. that s true of striking from the air. it is true of going in on the ground. this is something that we talk about with the israelis on a daily basis. national security adviser jake sullivan on the responsibility of israeli forces as its troops are moving farther into gaza this morning, days into its ground operation. we ll get the latest in a live report from the gaza border. plus, what the new speaker of the house is saying about aid packages for israel and ukraine and how soon the funding could pass in the lower chamber. also ahead, there s much more to report on donald trum
translator: we are making any effort in order to return them to us, to our country. it s very complicated effort. it s dealing with reality that we didn t know in the past. we are ready to do anything possible. this is not a secondary mission. this is a national priority. today the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, met with the families of the israeli hostages being held in gaza. they told him they would only support a comprehensive deal that frees all the israeli hostages at the same time in exchange for palestinians held in israeli prisons. just minutes ago, a hamas spokesman said says hamas would accept that, would be ready to accept that for a full prisoner swap, meaning all of the palestinian prisoners being held in israel would have to be freed. cnn s nic robertson joining us live from sderot, israel, near the gaza border. nic, i understand you ve been hearing and seeing explosions where you are throughout the day. what s the latest? reporter: yeah, wolf, i wo